Statement from FDA Commissioner on the current romaine lettuce E. coli O157:H7 outbreak investigatio
date:Nov 27, 2018
of the Central Coast growing regions of northern and central California does not appear to be related to the current outbreak. Hydroponically- and greenhouse-grown romaine also does not appear to be related to the current outbreak. There is no recommendation for consumers or retailers to avoid using romaine harvested from these sources.

The FDA has urged growers, processors, distributors and retailers to:

clearly and prominently label all individually packaged romaine products to identify gr

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